> It’s worth taking a moment to reflect on the fathomless insanity of expecting teenagers to hatch decade-spanning plans intended to shape the course of their l

> It’s worth taking a moment to reflect on the fathomless insanity of expecting teenagers to hatch decade-spanning plans intended to shape the course of their lives But this sounds like the exact opposite of what the OP did; there was no long-term planning involved in their decision, they just did what was expected of them. We can argue the huge impact of the established norm "Thou shall attend College" but that's not what happened here. It sounds like they could have studied anything but choose film, then were suprised that immediately out of school were not handed the keys to a multi-million dollar enterprise. Hey, me too, and everyone else regardless of industry or domain.